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To: TimF who wrote (190071)6/9/2004 6:22:42 PM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576330
 
your choice of when the cord is cut

It's a good legal definition because it is a definite act, easily observed, and unambiguous. Other definitions have all sorts of special conditions, for example the difference between a fetus which has been removed from the womb for surgery and then replaced to finish gestation, compared to a cesarian birth. It's important for legal definitions to have some predictability.

TP